Differences in the width of the intercellular spaces in the epithelial basal infolding and the renal glomerular filtration site between freeze-substitution and conventional fixation

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 215-221

  Iwasa, Hiroo ^a   Kondo, Hisatake ^a,b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Glycocalyx; Lamina lucida

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALDEHYDE; OSMIUM TETRAOXIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; FREEZE DRYING; GAP JUNCTION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION; GLYCOCALYX; INTERCELLULAR SPACE; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PODOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE FIXATION;

ALDEHYDES; ANIMALS; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FREEZE SUBSTITUTION; KIDNEY GLOMERULUS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; RATS; SALIVARY GLANDS; TISSUE FIXATION;

ANIMALIA; GLOMERULUS; LAMIINAE;

EID: 0032903026     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021878299004574     Document Type: Article

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